English Oral
Drama Essay: concept- Baz Lurnman and producers and how they recreated an old film and content for the younger gererations. AND the new film, Romeo and Juliet and how they made the film relate to even younger generations.
What to do:
• Watch First film
• Watch 2010 film (Romeo and Juliet)
• Watch 2013 – latest film
Method:
• Compare quality of filming
• Setting
• Music
• Costume
• choice of casting/ character
• types of camera angles/ transitions
• Representation of symbols? Themes?
• Use of colour
Conclusion:
Find the key aspects that vary between each film
Define why the producers did so, why the made it easy to relate too?
What was their motivation to do so?
And for each film what was the key aspect each director or producer was driven to change or adapt.
Notes:
Baz Luhrmann directed a modern adaptation of 'Romeo and Juliet' was hugely successful in capturing the imagination of its target audience- the younger generation. His intentions in the film were to bring Shakespeare's "amazing genius" and extraordinary storytelling to the modern world. The incredible attention to detail and determination of the director to bring the famous story to life for a modern audience ensured that the tale of ancient grudge, the power of fate and true love was made entirely accessible. He chose 'Romeo and Juliet' because it relates to the modern themes that the audience can relate to. "It's all there" as the story has all the themes- Violence, murder, lust, love, poison, drugs. Knocking Shakespeare off his pedestal, Baz wanted his target audience to be younger to get them interested in Shakespeare. The audience is similar to Shakespeare because children and adults both enjoy it. My job and the whole point of this essay is to analyze the media techniques and effects in the opening sequence of Luhrmann's film
'Romeo and Juliet' starts with a blank screen then zooms in to an old-fashioned with a black African-American woman saying the
What to do:
• Watch First film
• Watch 2010 film (Romeo and Juliet)
• Watch 2013 – latest film
Method:
• Compare quality of filming
• Setting
• Music
• Costume
• choice of casting/ character
• types of camera angles/ transitions
• Representation of symbols? Themes?
• Use of colour
Conclusion:
Find the key aspects that vary between each film
Define why the producers did so, why the made it easy to relate too?
What was their motivation to do so?
And for each film what was the key aspect each director or producer was driven to change or adapt.
Notes:
Baz Luhrmann directed a modern adaptation of 'Romeo and Juliet' was hugely successful in capturing the imagination of its target audience- the younger generation. His intentions in the film were to bring Shakespeare's "amazing genius" and extraordinary storytelling to the modern world. The incredible attention to detail and determination of the director to bring the famous story to life for a modern audience ensured that the tale of ancient grudge, the power of fate and true love was made entirely accessible. He chose 'Romeo and Juliet' because it relates to the modern themes that the audience can relate to. "It's all there" as the story has all the themes- Violence, murder, lust, love, poison, drugs. Knocking Shakespeare off his pedestal, Baz wanted his target audience to be younger to get them interested in Shakespeare. The audience is similar to Shakespeare because children and adults both enjoy it. My job and the whole point of this essay is to analyze the media techniques and effects in the opening sequence of Luhrmann's film
'Romeo and Juliet' starts with a blank screen then zooms in to an old-fashioned with a black African-American woman saying the